Sr. Paralegal - Insurance Defense

Overview

If you’re passionate about being part of a diverse organization that enables a Fortune 100 company to deliver innovative business solutions with excellence, then Nationwide’s Legal team could be the place for you! At Nationwide, we offer no billable hours, a 1:1 paralegal‑to‑attorney ratio, and hybrid or remote work environments depending on location. Insurance defense litigation experience is preferred. The position reports to our Glendale, CA Trial Division.

Would you thrive in an environment where you can deliver top-quality legal services to support the mission of a Fortune 100 insurance company to protect people, businesses, and futures with extraordinary care? If you enjoy having a diverse workload, are adaptable, technologically skilled, possess strong collaboration skills, and bring a team-oriented approach needed for success in a civil litigation environment, our team may be the place for you!

• Provides direct pre‑trial and trial support for litigated matters of varied complexity. Assists in drafting, reviewing, filing, and servicing pleadings, motions (including motions in limine and dispositive motions), discovery, and subpoenas. Reviews and drafts documents for production requests. Analyses and drafts responses to incoming discovery, reviews and summarizes medical records, and conducts legal research and writing assignments, which may include the preparation of medical chronologies and impactful deposition summaries of fact and expert witnesses.
  
  Proactively assists attorneys to move case files to trial or resolution and may attend case-related events, provide trial support, and serve as a change champion in technology.
• Brings a well-developed sense of organization to coordinate workflow, maintain filing and follow‑up systems, and support overall litigation strategy. Coordinates and schedules depositions, hearings, and meetings while communicating with clients and expert witnesses.
• Provides administrative support to trial team(s), including retrieval of information from the document management system and assembly of exhibits, binders, and appendices for depositions, court filings, hearings, and trial. Maintains working knowledge of court procedures and local rules, reviews court dockets, and retrieves case information.
• Understands and maintains confidentiality with respect to attorney‑client privilege, trial strategies, ethics rules, and the identities of plaintiffs, defense clients, and claims customers.
• Performs legal assistant and other administrative duties.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reports to Managing Trial Attorney.

Education: Undergraduate studies in business administration, insurance, or other related area preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Certification in paralegal studies strongly preferred and/or demonstrated insurance litigation related paralegal experience.

Experience: Typically five years of experience in a paralegal capacity doing demonstrated insurance related litigation.

Knowledge, Abilities, and

Skills:

Strong knowledge of each file assigned to trial team(s); capable of understanding the relevancy of case information; general knowledge of law office operations, practices, and procedures; experience in filing and scheduling procedures of various courts, and use of federal and state e‑filling and e‑Court systems; experience with Microsoft Office Suite and case management databases such as Legal Files preferred; understanding of both personal and commercial lines policies preferred;

strong verbal and written communication skills for interaction with attorneys, paralegals, court personnel, clients, and claims staff; strong research and organizational skills, detail oriented, focused, technologically savvy, adaptable to learning new systems and processes, and can prioritize and multi‑task; exercises independent initiative and judgment in daily tasks; acknowledges and complies with all corporate and NTD policies and procedures, as well as the private practice of law policy and the ethical rules of the state where the position is located.

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